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The Traitor's Game (The Traitor's Game, #1)

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Start date: August 1, 2024

Finish date: August 31, 2024

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What Members Thought

Mar 15, 2019 Nicki Chapelway rated it it was amazing

There are no winners in the traitor's game...

I will attest to the truth of this statement. I certainly didn't win. In fact, I got to enjoy watching my heart getting ripped out and then roasted on a spit.

I don't care what anyone else says about more famous fantasy authors, Jennifer Neilson is the QUEEN OF FANTASY and you will not change my mind. Thank you so much for reminding me that a book can be thrilling and epic and adventurous and romantic and still be clean.

Kestra and Simon were both fanta ...more

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Sep 02, 2021 Kacie rated it liked it

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2.5/3 stars....I think? The Traitor's Game was a hard one to rate because I really really really wanted to like it because I love other books by Nielsen....But this one kind of fell flat. To me it seemed like your basic and repetitive YA fantasy fiction. Which, I admit, I am dead tired of.

I didn't love the characters...I even kept getting some of them mixed up! Kestra.....Kestra was just plain annoying. It was funny how she kept stealing peoples' knives though XD. I liked Simon, but I still did ...more

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Oct 12, 2018 Elaina rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, favorites

Reeeally want the second book now!! :P

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Aug 14, 2024 Sharon Loves to Read rated it it was ok

Certainly not my favorite of Nielsen’s. While I enjoyed The False Prince the first time around, the MC just grated on my nerves when I tried to reread it, not to mention some other characters. I feel as though Nielsen took that MC’s personality and transplanted it into the FMC in The Traitor’s Game. I did not like her at all. She’s cocky, headstrong, and always right. She carries the torch and everyone needs to fall in. While she learns about the state of her people in the story, she has very li ...more

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Nov 20, 2021 Brittany rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: clean-reads, magic, year-2021, fantasy, 4-star-reads, ya

3.5 Stars!

“Life doesn’t give us what we want. It gives us what we need and asks what we will do with it.”

I am a huge fan of Jennifer Nielsen, so of course- I had to give this series a go. I am glad that I did. I really enjoyed it! It had all the things I like in a series-

Magic
Enemies to Lovers
Action packed from the start
Banter
Likable Characters
Clean Read
Decent Plot

I am rating this one a 3.5 stars because I just know book 2 is going to hit way different and be even better. Also- I did fee ...more

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Jan 04, 2022 Grace Morris rated it it was amazing

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I won a signed paperback copy from the author. (Thank you!) The author did not pay me for a review and all the thoughts here are my own honest opinion.

Seven words: I fell in LOVE with this book!!!

I knew pretty much nothing coming into this book and I think that is the best way to read it, so I’m going to keep these reviews short. There are so many twists and turns. You might think something one moment and the next, BOOM! BANG! It was something entirely different than what you thought. But also m ...more

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Feb 24, 2023 Leah Kuhn-Lewis rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed this read. Some of the romance was a bit sappy, but I still enjoyed it. I really like the two main characters. Sometimes the main characters are written without much personality or likeable qualities or characteristics. I'm looking forward to reading further into the trilogy! ...more

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